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Lazarus Vaalepu, inexperienced in rugby, makes history playing for Melbourne Storm in NRL final.
Lazarus Vaalepu hadn't even played rugby league until he joined the Queanbeyan Kangaroos under-16s.
But surely it was inevitable for the Melbourne Storm prop with the same name as Queanbeyan, Raiders and Storm great Glenn Lazarus.
When he runs out for Melbourne against the Penrith Panthers on Sunday he'll make history as the least experienced player in an NRL grand final.
Andrew Barr pledges $3 million for potential Big Bash team, unclear overall funds, bad news for soccer.
Andrew Barr said the $3 million he's promised a potential Canberra Big Bash team isn't the "net impact", just part of a flow of money back and forth with the ACT government.
He wouldn't disclose what that net figure was due to "commercial in confidence".
So The Canberra Times has roughly calculated it for you - to give a clearer view on exactly which of our sporting teams are the winners and losers when it comes to ACT government funding. And it's not good reading for soccer.
Raiders player Josh Papalii faces court for late-night incident at club threatening police and staff.
Raiders prop Josh Papalii is set to face court over a late-night incident at the Raiders Gungahlin club.
The 32-year-old NRL star will have to attend the ACT Magistrates Court for allegedly intimidating police and failing to quit a licensed premises, ACT Policing revealed on Thursday.
About 3am on September 16, police were called to an incident regarding three men who were "behaving aggressively towards each other and staff, and throwing glasses".
When the group was asked to leave, Papalii was allegedly verbally abusive and threatening to police.
The men left after some...